Three Poems from Volume 7 – ‘Unconscious’
highway 
i’ve driven down this road before
the familiar roll of the land
out into the western night
is my cradle
the uncoiled layer of asphalt
warm and silent and never ending
hauling in beneath me
and falling away … Read the rest
Rhythm in the Word, Volume 7 – Unconscious
The Girl in the Valley
Just completed Volume 7 and added it to the website the first week of July. Although you can listen to a one-minute sample of this song on the album page, I thought I’d put the … Read the rest
From: Rhythm in the Word, Volume 5 – “Medicine Woman”
…” I’m seeing things but I don’t think they’re there”
Who has the power? We all know the answer to that. And it’s not the ones with the deep voices and the hairy arms. It’s the ones they’re chasing. Men … Read the rest
From: Rhythm in the Word, Volume 1 – “You Don’t Know Me”
…”Please don’t tell me it’s time to come home
I wouldn’t know which way you want me to go”
Sometimes I envy people who are from somewhere. And stay there. Or end up there. I envy the familiarity they have … Read the rest
Lawless World
Last night I dreamed of a lawless world – a world in which there was not only no law enforcement but one where no one cared what was happening to anyone else – which was even scarier. I saw a … Read the rest
Along the El Camino Real – from Volume II, Dreams of the Barbed Wire
‘Night in Las Cruces’
…” The wind was blowing tumbleweeds from Texas to L.A.”
Wooden crosses dot the roadside along the El Camino Real, marking the lives of the poor souls who didn’t make it. They came up from Mexico … Read the rest
Time – I Never Understood It
“Why do we set our watches to the sun and the moon?”
Swallowed Up – Rhythm in the Word, Volume III
So I’ve talked about time – from time to time – about how I’ve never understood the concept or … Read the rest
Thoughts from Volume I – Rhythm in the Word
You Don’t Know Me
…” I can laugh or I can cry but all you’ll see are the tears”
No matter how intimate the relationship, you only know what someone is willing to show you of themselves. Everyone has to … Read the rest
Rhythm in the Word – New Album in the Works – ‘Unconscious’
Rhythm in the Word – Volume 7
Two songs are now mixed and mastered for this next album in the Rhythm in the Word series. Just finished recording a song yesterday that was written in 1982. The prior week, we wrapped … Read the rest
New Music Just Released – Ordinary Time
Rhythm in the Word, Volume 6
Well we just finished the music for the sixth volume in this series of albums about two weeks ago. It consists of another twelve songs – six of which were written in the 1990’s, … Read the rest